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GULTIVATOR. 1 No. 264,957 Patented Sept. 26; 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIQE.

JOHN J. MOTLEY, OF SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA.

CULTIVATO RL SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 264,957,dated September 26, 1882.

Application filed March 4; 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JEFFERSON Morr- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Salisbury, in the county ofRowan and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShovel-Flows or Cultivators; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which view of theplow. Fig. 2 is a section showing dinary manner.

the method of securing the crossbar tothe standard. Fig.3 is thecross-bar to which the plow-teeth are to be attached.

The handles a are made of wood in the or- The brace-rod is shown at I).These handles are attached to the beam by the bolt and not a. V

The beam at c is constructed of square or round iron, the upper rod, 61,being straight and having the clevis or dralt-hook attached to itsforward end. The lower rod, 0, of the beam is bent upward, somewhat inthe form of a bow, as shown in the drawings, and is firmly secured tothe upper rod at its forward end by a bolt or any suitable device. Therear end may be welded to the upper rod, or the two rods may be made ofone piece of iron bent at the rear.

beam, and the bolts h and i also pass through these arms and above andbelow the upper rod, keeping the standard in position.

The double cross-bar It, also constructed of three-quarter by halfinchiron, is attached to the standard by means of the bolt 1. This cross-baris provided with an oblique notch or groove, m, fitting to one of thearms of the standard, so as to give it the proper angle and bring theouter teeth into an advanced position. I t has also slots a passingthrough both parts, through which the shanks of the teeth 0 are passed.These shanks terminate in screws, and are held in the bar by means ofnuts. The slots nare elongated, so as to allow of such adjustment of theteeth as the workman may find desirable. The teeth are made in the usualmanner, of steel or iron.

I claim as of my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thedouble beanid 0, formed of the straight upper rod, d, and the lowerarched rod, 0, in combination with the bent and curved standardf,pivoted on the lower rod, 6, of the beam by the bolt g, and providedwith the bolts h and i, the one passing under and the other above theupper rod, d, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JEFFERSON MOTLEY.

Witnesses:

J ESSE W. EARNHARDT, BENJAMIN'F. Porln'r.

